09/07/2021
Rest in Heavenly Peace, Suzzanne Douglas. ❤️
Her theater credits include Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street at the Drury Lane Theater, and starred in the Baltimore Center Stage Theater's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, as Merteuil, and as Kendra in George Street Playhouse's American Son. Other theater credits include The Tap Dance Kid, Night in Tunisia, Julius by Design, The Drowning Crow, Crowns (NAACP Image Award for Best Ensemble), Women of Brewster Place, and Arthur Laurent's, Hallelujah, Baby!. Suzzanne was also the first African-American to play the role of Dr. Bearing in the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Wit at the George Street Playhouse.
On television, she is best known for her co-starring role with Robert Townsend in the long-running Warner Brothers sitcom, Parent 'Hood, which is in syndication in most markets. She has also appeared in such highly acclaimed shows as CBS' Bull with Michael Weatherly, The Good Wife, Bones, and Law and Order (SVU and Criminal Intent). Suzzanne has also brought her numerous talents to the big screen. Her filmography runs the gamut from made-for-television, to independent, to mainstream cinema including Whitney, How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Black Oscar, NAACP Image Award Nominee), School of Rock, The Inkwell, Jason's Lyric, Tap (NAACP Image Award), the ABC remake of the classic Sounder (Black Reel Award, NAACP Image Award Nominee), Black N' Blue, Happy Yummy Chicken, for which she wrote the title track, and Changing the Game which was selected for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Suzzanne's vocal talents have taken her from Broadway, starring opposite Sting in The Threepenny Opera, to the concert halls of Russia, with Jon Faddis.
Suzzanne earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Illinois State University and a Master in Music degree at the Manhattan School of Music. She is a lifetime member of Girl Scouts of America, The National Council of Negro Women, Sigma Alpha Lambda, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She is an Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. where she served on its National Board.